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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE"
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description: "Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and establishes a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7983"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7983 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cruz", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Potter", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-05"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eef26fc9-8d33-4d5b-8a62-71e4ca76994c"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "3b02fecb9e2e2e38d235bb2dfa1e761871b879de8a9b2d2f2467d0d4499fb426"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7983 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE
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Amends various provisions relative to the duties of the state building commissioner and establishes a building code education and training unit to educate building officials and inspectors statewide.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7983 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7983B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–5** (pass) · lower
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- AS AMENDED — **73–1** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
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- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
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- **2024-04-22** 04/22/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eef26fc9-8d33-4d5b-8a62-71e4ca76994c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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